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Maffei Concedes to Buerkle After Close Election
Seeded on Tue Nov 23, 2010 5:22 PM EST (City Newspaper)
After a close and drawn-out election, Democrat Dan Maffei has now conceded the 25th Congressional District race to Republican Ann Marie Buerkle. Maffei trailed Buerkle by about 560 votes after the final absentee ballots were counted.
Corporate Profits Hit Record-Breaking High Last Quarter
Seeded on Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:50 AM EST (The New York Times)
The nation's workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. American businesses brought in $1.66 trillion at an annual rate in the third quarter, according to a Commerce Department report released Tuesday.
Ron Paul's Shocking Message To The Tea Party
Seeded on Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:57 AM EDT (Digital Meeting Center)
Ron Paul has some surprising news for the Tea Party: You're being taken for a ride. That's what I'm talking about if I was talking.
America is becoming a Nation of Know-Nothings - It's an Ignorance We Can't Afford
Seeded on Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:55 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Remember the moment: a woman with matted hair and a shaky voice rose to express her doubts about Barack Obama. "I have read about him," she said, "and he's not — he's an Arab."
Boy Scouts Seek a Way to Rebuild Ranks
Seeded on Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:36 PM EDT (The New York Times)
The organization, long an icon of wholesomeness in a simpler America, has seen its membership plunge by 42 percent since its peak year of 1973, when there were 4.8 million scouts. In the last decade alone, membership has dropped by more than 16 percent, to 2.8 million.
As Facebook Users Die, Ghosts Reach Out
Seeded on Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:02 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Courtney Purvin got a shock when she visited Facebook last month. The site was suggesting that she get back in touch with an old family friend who played piano at her wedding four years ago. The friend had died in April...
From Card Fees to Mortgages, a New Day for Consumers
Seeded on Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:36 PM EDT (The New York Times)
After months of haggling, the terms of financial reform are set, so long as both houses of Congress vote to accept them in the coming days.
Leahy predicts Kagan approval; hearings near end
Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:28 PM EDT
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan neared the end of a grueling turn in the Senate Judiciary Committee witness chair Wednesday, and the senator presiding over the proceedings predicted her confirmation.
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Mosque to go up Near New York's Ground Zero
Seeded on Fri May 7, 2010 4:24 AM EDT (CNN)
Plans to build a mosque two blocks away from ground zero have set off an emotional debate among area residents and relatives of victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Tea Party "Crashers" OUTED! YOUNG REPUBLICANS... Posing as Dems!!! (Updated)
Seeded on Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:46 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
The story has now been debunked (04/22/10) Here it is in plain language:
Employee Abuses On The Rise As Companies Flex Their Muscles
Fri Apr 2, 2010 11:03 PM EDT
There's nothing quite like a recession to give companies an excuse to push their workers around. If one of the first casualties of war is truth, then I would like to suggest that one of the first casualties of an employed worker in 2010 is dignity.
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Slug on the Tracks
Seeded on Mon Mar 8, 2010 12:47 PM EST (The New York Times)
President Obama has repeatedly insisted that there is no reason why Europe or China, rather than the United States, should have the world's fastest trains, and since coming to office he has committed the country to developing a high-speed rail network of its own.
GOP Says It Is Too Humble To Support Comprehensive Health Reform
Seeded on Wed Mar 3, 2010 4:12 PM EST (Slate)
At today's Blair House confab, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R.-Tenn., was designated by the grumpier and less telegenic Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R.-Ky., to make the GOP's opening statement.
Diebler, Turner lead No. 6 OSU past Illinois
Tue Mar 2, 2010 11:08 PM EST
Jon Diebler once again lit up Illinois from behind the arc, hitting seven 3-pointers for 21 points, to lead No. 6 Ohio State to a 73-57 victory on Tuesday night that assured the Buckeyes of at least a share of the Big Ten title.
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New York's Nooks Are a Challenge to Census Takers
Seeded on Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:19 PM EST (The New York Times)
One River Place blends easily into the dense forest of Manhattan skyscrapers, its vanity address camouflaging its precise location. Still, even in New York City, a 40-story tower containing 900 apartments should be difficult to miss... But the Census Bureau did.
Constellation Sold Wine Found to be Phony
Seeded on Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:00 PM EST (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Victor's Constellation Brands confirmed Friday that it sold some of the wine found in a French court this week to be phony Pinot Noir. The company insisted its own tests found the product, bought between 2006 and 2008, to be genuine.
95% Of Americans Got Tax Cuts; 12% Know It; Tea Partiers Least Informed - CBS Poll
Seeded on Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:49 AM EST (alan.com)
A CBS poll reveals that when asked whether the Obama administration, raised, lowered, or kept taxes the same for most Americans, only 12% get the answer correct: taxes were decreased.
Outrage erupts after Joseph Farah questions President Obama's citizenship at tea party
Seeded on Sun Feb 7, 2010 8:19 PM EST (The Daily Calller)
After declaring that it's "really great to be around like-minded folks," conservative journalist and editor of WorldNetDaily Joseph Farah launched into a ten-minute spiel about President Obama's citizenship (or, in his mind, possible lack thereof) during the National Tea …
Corning expects high demand for TV glass
Fri Feb 5, 2010 8:35 AM EST
Corning Inc. said Friday that robust sales of flat-screen televisions, computers and handheld devices this year will again boost demand for its liquid-crystal-display glass.
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Kodak expects improvement in 2010
Thu Feb 4, 2010 9:02 AM EST
Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday it expects improved earnings this year, driven by its digital printer businesses and leaner costs from years of restructuring.
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Ghana's skiing Snow Leopard prepares for Olympics
Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:26 AM EST
The Snow Leopard of Ghana is going to race in Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics. Seriously.
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Binghamton Bearcats Try to Move On After Turmoil
Seeded on Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:01 PM EST (ESPN.com)
As the turmoil churned around him and the lid broke off the simmering Binghamton basketball scandal, Mark Macon went from insomniac to Rip Van Winkle, from lying awake the first night after he was told he was temporarily in charge of what remained of the tattered basketball progr …
Professor Is a Label That Leans to the Left
Seeded on Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:18 PM EST (The New York Times)
The overwhelmingly liberal tilt of university professors has been explained by everything from outright bias to higher I.Q. scores. Now new research suggests that critics may have been asking the wrong question.
Race Riots Grip Italian Town, and Mafia Is Suspected
Seeded on Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:30 PM EST (The New York Times)
More than a thousand African workers were put aboard buses and trains in the southern Italian region of Calabria over the weekend and shipped out to immigrant detention centers, following some of the country's worst riots in years.
Study: Calorie counts off at chains, frozen meals
Thu Jan 7, 2010 12:33 PM EST
A new study says food at popular chain restaurants and in the frozen food aisles can be more fattening than advertised.
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